Re: IBMi UPS cable

We use the MONUPSPWR CL IBM gives us to monitor a msgq for UPS statuses.

We take appropriate action depending on what messages we get (or not).

Now we have a situation where we have redundant AC on our IBMi connected to two different UPS systems. (redundency of the redundent).

We only have one port on the IBMi for a UPS sensor cable.

IBM suggests a box with two UPS inputs to resolve to one UPS cable that attaches to the IBMi so if either UPS system said we were on UPS we would act as though we were on UPS.

Jerry

On 12/11/2013 12:48 PM, Roberto José Etcheverry Romero wrote:

Depends on one's need. I would like my system to stay up if one grid lost
power but the other was OK (not running on battery). Some people might want
to start a shutdown when only one of them fails. The Arduino path is what i
meant when i said a tinkerer is the best choice to implement this, i'm 26
but i would've done it with logic gates, even simpler (less points of
failure, unless you want TCPIP monitoring, which an arduino can give you).


On Wed, Dec 11, 2013 at 5:32 PM, DrFranken <midrange@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Would you want the system to power down if only one UPS lost grid power?
Would you want the system to power down if BOTH UPS lost input power?

Looking to understand the logic in the magic box because an Arduino
could do this very very easily.

- Larry "DrFranken" Bolhuis

www.frankeni.com
www.iDevCloud.com
www.iInTheCloud.com

On 12/11/2013 2:07 PM, Jerry Draper wrote:

We have an 8202-E4D with redundant power supplies (2 AC).

Mgmt wants to connect each AC to a different UPS for UPS redundancy.

We only have one port for the RJ45 UPS sensor cable (P1-T2).

http://pic.dhe.ibm.com/infocenter/powersys/v3r1m5/index.jsp?topic=%2Fp7had%2Fp7hadups.htm

IBM suggested that we could build a box with two RJ45 in and one RJ45
out (or two DB9 to one DB9) that would detect UPS status from either UPS
and send one signal to the IBMi.

Anyone have this box or know where to get one?

Thanks,

Jerry

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